Late surge enhances buzz for SunTrust Park era

ATLANTA — Braves manager Brian Snitker proudly spoke with tears in his eyes, while Nick Markakis made his way around the clubhouse, exchanging hugs with those teammates with whom he experienced something special over the final two months of the season.

While other teams will spend the next couple of days preparing for the postseason, the Braves walked away from Sunday afternoon’s 1-0 win over the Tigers feeling a unique sense of accomplishment. They closed Turner Field’s history in celebratory fashion and with an impressive late-season surge they enhanced the excitement surrounding the 2017 season and the start of their residency at SunTrust Park.

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“I’m going to be making a few trips there this offseason just to check on it,” Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. “We took a tour a few weeks ago and it looked pretty spectacular. I’m looking forward to start making memories there. It’s going to be a good thing.”

On a day when John Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were reunited with Chipper Jones and some of the club’s other legends to celebrate the last day at The Ted, the Braves saw Julio Teheran help eliminate the Tigers from the postseason while matching a career-high 12 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. The 1-0 outcome matched the score of the final game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, when the Yankees’ …

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